Exchange 2016 Formative evaluation 1

Question 1

Question 1: Which tools can you use to manage Exchange Server 2016?

Answer 1

Answer: The Exchange Management Shell and the Exchange Admin Center are the two main tools for managing Exchange Server

Question 2

Question 2: When would you want or need to create multiple databases?

Answer 2

Answer: Often, organizations create databases to separate users in different departments or geographical regions, or users that require different service levels. Maintaining a database at a manageable size also is important.

Question 3

Question 3: What type of information do domains in a forest share?

Answer 3

Answer: All domains in a forest share the same Active Directory configuration information, Active Directory schema information, and a common global catalog.

Question 4

Question 4: Which Active Directory partition would you expect to contain the following information?

User’s e-mail address:
Exchange connector for sending e-mail to the Internet:
Exchange Server configuration:

Answer 4

User’s e-mail address: Answer – Domain partition or global catalog.
Exchange connector for sending e-mail to the Internet: Answer – Configuration partition.
Exchange Server configuration: Answer – The configuration partition contains the Exchange Server-specific configuration information, but the Exchange Server computer object is also located in the domain partition.

Question 5

Question 5: The installation of Exchange Server 2016 fails. What information sources can you use to troubleshoot the issue?

Answer 5

Answer: The two most important sources of information are the error message that displays when the installation fails, and the setup logs. A third option is to review the server’s event logs.

Question 6

Question 6: What happens to the database’s status when you move the database files?

Answer 6

Answer: When you move database files, the database is taken offline. This causes the database to be unavailable, which means that end users cannot send and receive e-mail until the database is online again.

Question 7

Question 7: What customizations can you make on mailbox databases?

Answer 7

Answer: Mailbox database-configuration options include mailbox limits, maintenance schedules and client settings.

Question 8

Question 8: Your organization would like to automate creation of user mailboxes for employees based on their status in your organization’s human-resources system. What can you use to perform this automation?

Answer 8

Answer: The Exchange Management Shell provides an interface for scripting administrative tasks, such as user creation and modification.

Question 9

Question 9: What are the various recipient types in Exchange Server?

Answer 9

Answer: Exchange Server 2016 includes the following recipient types:
* User mailboxes
* Mail users or mail-enabled Active Directory directory service users
* Resource mailboxes
* Mail contact or mail-enabled contacts
* Mail-enabled security and distribution groups
* Dynamic distribution groups
* Linked mailboxes
* Shared mailboxes
* Site mailboxes
* Public folder mailboxes

Question 10

Question 10: How is a mail-enabled contact different from a mail-enabled user?

Answer 10

Answer: A mail-enabled contact does not have an Active Directory user account. This is used for people outside your organization that you want to include in the GAL.

Question 11

Question 11: What is the difference between Send on behalf of and Send As permissions?

Answer 11

Answer: Send As permissions allow you to impersonate another user. Send on behalf of permissions indicates that you are responding for that person.

Question 12

Question 12: How does your organization use resource mailboxes?

Answer 12

Answer: Many organizations need resource mailboxes to facilitate room bookings.

Question 13

Question 13: What attributes are useful for your resource mailboxes?

Answer 13

Answer: You can use resource capacity to specify the maximum number of people a room can hold. Other properties will vary by the equipment type.

Question 14

Question 14: When would you use mail-enabled contacts?

Answer 14

Answer: You can use mail-enabled contacts to display a trusted partner or contract employee in the company address list or add them to a distribution group. You also can use mail-enabled contacts to forward e-mail from a local mailbox to a remote mail account.

Question 15

Question 15: When would your organization use distribution groups?

Answer 15

Answer: Many organizations create distribution groups for each department and for each special project.

Question 16

Question 16: How would you give access to allow a user to send messages from another mailbox, without giving them access to the contents of the mailbox?

Answer 16

Answer: Assign the user Send As permissions to the mailbox.

Question 17

Question 17: What are the reasons for creating multiple address lists?

Answer 17

Answer: Although the answers may vary, common reasons are:
* Geographic organization. If a company has multiple physical locations, address lists could be based on country, state, city, or building.
* Departmental organization. A large company may want to create separate address lists for departments, such as accounting, marketing, or sales.
* Recipient type organization. To make booking meeting rooms easier, you might organize room mailboxes by physical location.